This season, due to the big numbers, we have two under 9 squads. On Saturday morning, half of the Part of the Newport U-9 squad travelled to Shelbourne Park to take on teams from Shelbourne, Mungret and Aisling Annacotty in what was their first ever blitz.

The lads had a tough time of it but they stuck to the task and kept fighting right to the end and will have gained valuable experience for the future.